Plasmodium knowlesi variant antigens are found on schizont-infected erythrocytes but not on merozoites.

abstract：:A significant clinical complication of pulmonary infections with Klebsiella pneumoniae is peripheral blood dissemination, resulting in a systemic infection concurrent with the localized pulmonary infection. In this context, little is known about the role of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1)-mediated innate immu...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Moore TA,Perry ML,Getsoian AG,Monteleon CL,Cogen AL,Standiford TJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative immunogenicity of the two cross-reacting group 6 pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides, type 6A(6) and type 6B(26), was studied with hyperimmune rabbit typing antisera and with sera from adult volunteers injected with polyvalent pneumococcal vaccines containing either 50 mug of type 6A (U.S. designatio...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Robbins JB,Lee CJ,Rastogi SC,Schiffman G,Henrichsen J

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edema disease (ED) of weanling pigs is caused by an infection with Escherichia coli that produces Shiga-like toxin II variant (SLT-IIv). Pathology identical to that caused by ED can be duplicated in pigs that are injected with less than 10 ng of purified SLT-IIv per kg of body weight. Therefore, SLT-IIv was mutated to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gordon VM,Whipp SC,Moon HW,O'Brien AD,Samuel JE

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine the role of nitric oxide (NO) in Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice. NO production in spleen cell cultures was induced by heat-killed S. aureus. Expression of mRNA of the inducible isoform of NO synthase (iNOS) was induced in the spleens and kidneys of S. aureus-infected mi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sasaki S,Miura T,Nishikawa S,Yamada K,Hirasue M,Nakane A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ace (adhesin to collagen of Enterococcus faecalis), encoding a virulence factor in endocarditis and urinary tract infection models, has been shown to increase under certain conditions, such as in the presence of serum, bile salts, urine, and collagen and at 46 °C. However, the mechanism of ace/Ace regula...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Roh JH,Singh KV,La Rosa SL,Cohen AL,Murray BE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moraxella catarrhalis is a causative agent of otitis media in children and lower respiratory tract infections in adults suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This strict human pathogen continues to be a significant cause of disease in this broad spectrum of patients because there is no available...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schwingel JM,Edwards KJ,Cox AD,Masoud H,Richards JC,St Michael F,Tekwe CD,Sethi S,Murphy TF,Campagnari AA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an earlier report, we had described the isolation and characterization of autolysis-defective mutants of Staphylococcus aureus (N. Mani, P. Tobin, and R.K. Jayaswal, J. Bacteriol. 175:1493-1499, 1993). In the study reported here, an autolysis-defective mutant showed attenuated virulence in a rat model of experiment...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mani N,Baddour LM,Offutt DQ,Vijaranakul U,Nadakavukaren MJ,Jayaswal RK

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins from human polymorphonuclear leukocyte granules were extracted with 0.2 M acetate, pH 4.0, and fractionated by Sephadex G-100 column chromatography. The fractions demonstrated selective bactericidal action against a deep rough cell wall mutant of Escherichia coli O111:B4 with rough lipopolysacharide and cell ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Modrzakowski MC,Cooney MH,Martin LE,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium bovis BCG is widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), despite its variable protective efficacy. Relatively little is known about the immune response profiles following BCG vaccination in relation to protection against TB. Here we tested whether BCG vaccination results in immune responses to Do...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lin MY,Geluk A,Smith SG,Stewart AL,Friggen AH,Franken KL,Verduyn MJ,van Meijgaarden KE,Voskuil MI,Dockrell HM,Huygen K,Ottenhoff TH,Klein MR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane and soluble fractions of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, M. pulmonis, and M. laidlawii B were prepared by hypotonic lysis of whole cells. The membranes of M. pneumoniae and M. laidlawii B contained, as percentage of dry weight: 34 to 37% protein, 59 to 61% lipid, 3 to 4% carbohydrate as hexose, and 0.2% ribonucleic ac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Pollack JD,Somerson NL,Senterfit LB

更新日期：1970-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia pneumoniae is a human respiratory pathogen. Unlike the other two Chlamydia species, no species-specific antigen has been defined for C. pneumoniae. An immunoreactive clone containing a 0.8-kb fragment was isolated from a C. pneumoniae (AR-39) genomic library by using anti-C. pneumoniae rabbit immune serum. B...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Perez Melgosa M,Kuo CC,Campbell LA

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated sexual recombination in the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva using genome-wide marker analysis of haploid sporozoite populations obtained from infected Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. Analysis of 231 parasite clones derived by in vitro infection of bovine lymphocytes revealed 48 distinct combinat...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Katzer F,Ngugi D,Oura C,Bishop RP,Taracha EL,Walker AR,McKeever DJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual 120-kDa alkaline peptidase contained in a trypomastigote soluble fraction (TSF) of Trypanosoma cruzi is associated with the induction of repetitive Ca2+ transients and subsequent invasion by the parasite of a number of mammalian cell lines, including tissue culture L6E2 myoblasts (B. A. Burleigh and N. W. A...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Barr SC,Han W,Andrews NW,Lopez JW,Ball BA,Pannabecker TL,Gilmour RF Jr

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the Treponema denticola factor H-like protein 1 (FHL-1) binding protein, FhbB, was recovered and characterized. Sequence conservation, expression, and properties of FhbB were analyzed. The identification of FhbB represents an important step in understanding the contribution of FHL-1 binding in T. den...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McDowell JV,Frederick J,Stamm L,Marconi RT

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a new system for the analysis of capsular biosynthetic pathways we have explored the possibility of expressing type 3 capsular polysaccharide (CPS) from the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae in Lactococcus lactis, an unencapsulated lactic acid bacterium being developed as a vaccine delivery vehicle...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gilbert C,Robinson K,Le Page RW,Wells JM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal piglets have been used as models to study human campylobacteriosis and helicobacteriosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the relative pathogenicities, on the basis of the duration of fecal shedding and colonization of tissues, of three Arcobacter species in 1-day-old cesarean-derived colostrum-dep...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wesley IV,Baetz AL,Larson DJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of infection and the pathogenic effects on the reproductive function of laboratory mice infected with Bartonella birtlesii recovered from an Apodemus species are described. B. birtlesii infection, as determined by bacteremia, occurred in BALB/c mice inoculated intravenously. Inoculation with a low-dose in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Boulouis HJ,Barrat F,Bermond D,Bernex F,Thibault D,Heller R,Fontaine JJ,Piémont Y,Chomel BB

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two murine monoclonal antibodies (immunoglobulin M) evoked against human kidney tissue were examined for cross-reactivity with group A streptococci. A glomerulus-specific antibody, PMII.40.H.2, cross-reacted in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with purified pepsin-extracted M proteins from type 6 and 12 streptococ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Goroncy-Bermes P,Dale JB,Beachey EH,Opferkuch W

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between bacteria and fibronectin is believed to play an important role in the pathogenicity of clinically important Gram-positive cocci. In the present study, we identified a gene encoding a predicted fibronectin-binding protein of Enterococcus faecium (fnm), a homologue of Streptococcus pneumoniae pav...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Somarajan SR,La Rosa SL,Singh KV,Roh JH,Höök M,Murray BE

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic defects in the Rab27a or Munc13-4 gene lead to immunodeficiencies in humans, characterized by frequent viral and bacterial infections. However, the role of Rab27a and Munc13-4 in the regulation of systemic inflammation initiated by Gram-negative bacterium-derived pathogenic molecules is currently unknown. Usin...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Johnson JL,Hong H,Monfregola J,Catz SD

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal dysfunction can occur in the course of sepsis without meningitis. Sepsis-associated neuronal damage (SAND) was observed in the hippocampus within hours in experimental pneumococcal bacteremia. Intravascular challenge with purified bacterial cell wall recapitulated SAND. SAND persisted in PAFr(-/-) mice but wa...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Orihuela CJ,Fillon S,Smith-Sielicki SH,El Kasmi KC,Gao G,Soulis K,Patil A,Murray PJ,Tuomanen EI

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune response in human tuberculosis is not completely understood. To improve our knowledge regarding the role of cathelicidin hCAP-18/LL37 in the innate immune response to tuberculosis infection, we used immunohistochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, and gene expression to study the induction and produc...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rivas-Santiago B,Hernandez-Pando R,Carranza C,Juarez E,Contreras JL,Aguilar-Leon D,Torres M,Sada E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attaching and effacing adhesion to epithelial cells is a pathognomonic feature of infection by both enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and certain strains of verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC). EPEC adhesion to tissue culture epithelial cells results in activation of the phosphatidylinositol pathway, with el...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ismaili A,Philpott DJ,Dytoc MT,Sherman PM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most frequently encountered bacterial pathogens in patients with chronic pulmonary infections, including cystic fibrosis and diffuse panbronchiolitis. Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT), noted frequently in patients with cystic fibrosis and diffuse panbronchiolitis, is cons...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Iwata M,Sato A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonococcal pilus is a primary virulence factor, providing the initial attachment of the bacterial cell to human mucosal tissues. Pilin, the major subunit of the pilus, can carry a wide spectrum of primary amino acid sequences which are generated by the action of a complex antigenic variation system. Changes in the...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Long CD,Madraswala RN,Seifert HS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trefoil family factor 2 (TFF2), also known as spasmolytic peptide, is a low-molecular-weight protein that is upregulated in gastric tissues infected with Helicobacter or having other inflammatory conditions, but a precise function is yet to be elucidated. The role of TFF2 in the development of gastritis, colitis, and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kurt-Jones EA,Cao L,Sandor F,Rogers AB,Whary MT,Nambiar PR,Cerny A,Bowen G,Yan J,Takaishi S,Chi AL,Reed G,Houghton J,Fox JG,Wang TC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral and cellular immune responses to several antigens were compared in control and hypercholesterolemic groups of monkeys. Chronic hypercholesterolemia, with concomitant hyperphospholipidemia and hypotriglyceridemia, was produced experimentally by feeding monkeys a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet. When studied pri...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fiser RH Jr,Denniston JC,McGann VG,Kaplan J,Alder WH 3rd,Kastello MD,Beisel WR

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of bacteria with mucosal surfaces can modulate the production of proinflammatory cytokines and adhesion molecules produced by epithelial cells. Previously, we showed that expression of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) by gingival epithelial cells increases following inter...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Huang GT,Kim D,Lee JK,Kuramitsu HK,Haake SK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M1inv+ subclone of M1 group A streptococci that spread globally in the late 1980s and early 1990s was previously identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), M protein, and SpeA exotoxin sequence analyses. Strains representing this subclone were characterized with regard to carriage of bacterioph...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cleary PP,LaPenta D,Vessela R,Lam H,Cue D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) isolated from human blood were exposed to various levels of hydrogen sulfide. The effect on respiratory burst, myeloperoxidase activity, and capacity to phagocytose and kill bacteria were studied. A 1-h exposure of the PMN to 1 mM sulfide did not decrease their myeloperoxidase activi...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Claesson R,Granlund-Edstedt M,Persson S,Carlsson J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00